
Happily married New York lawyer Dan Gallagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. Just how far will she go to get what she wants?... (Full plot summary below)
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Happily married New York lawyer Dan Gallagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. Just how far will she go to get what she wants?
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| Apollo GuidePatrick ByrneOverflowing with artistic flair and piercing sexuality, director Adrian Lyne's Fatal Attraction is a psychological horror film that dwells on reality instead of fantasy. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA crowd-pleasing sensationalist jejune romantic thriller. |
| Orlando SentinelJay BoyarUnder the direction of Adrian Lyne, most of the picture's situations seem like randomly chosen place holders, flat events that just fill time until the final bizarre confrontation. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonThis is a spectacularly well-made thriller. It is an odd thing, really -- the movie is sexy and at the same time a warning about the costs of sex. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullIrony like this doesn't make its way into many movies these days |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. Lyne takes a brilliantly manipulative approach to what might have been a humdrum subject and shapes a soap opera of exceptional power. |
| Washington PostDesson HoweFatal Attraction rings the changes on your atavistic emotions. Walking out of the theater, you might have a sudden desire to club a woolly mammoth and hide your family in a dark cave -- away from people like Glenn Close. |
| EmpireAngie ErrigoTwo absolutely riveting performances and a smart reversal of the usual male-female stalker scenario leave behind a nasty taste and an unforgettable cinema experience. |
| TimeRichard CorlissWell-made fictions like Fatal Attraction prosper because they seem more persuasive than fact. |
| Chicago TribuneJohanna SteinmetzFatal Attraction is a spellbinding psychological thriller that could have been a great movie if the filmmakers had not thrown character and plausibility to the winds in the last minutes to give us their version of a grown-up "Friday the 13th." |